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Serious question: Do you believe magic is real? Or the supernatural in general? (hexbear.net)
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/887096

I mean anything like cursed or lucky objects, ghosts, etc?

Figured it's the spooky season and I don't know too many people irl to talk to about the supernatural without discovering q-level brainworms.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, I pretty much think physicalism is the way things are. The emergent complexities of the interactions between human brains leads to some magic-like phenomenons within the social realm, but that all ultimately is governed by math and physics. And so while there is lots of space for spiritual thought, I don't think there's any basis at all for expecting that things like curses, or ghosts, or destinies are real.

I used to be way more superstitious about dice probabilities, and did little rituals. Nowadays I just chuck 'em, and I never fret about bad results, and I delight in good results. And hey, I still win dice games all the time - because it was never the dice that were getting in my way.